Medical Terminology for credit vs a free course: which do you need?

For learning the words, it can be. For a course on a degree plan, a college needs something it can evaluate for credit, such as a transcript with a credit recommendation. Health 120 has one: NCCRS recommends 3 semester hours in subjects such as Medical Terminology/Coding, Healthcare Management and Biology. Ask your program which it wants before you choose.

Only if your college says so. Alison describes its certificates as usable “as part of your CPD requirements”, which is professional development rather than college credit. A course with an NCCRS credit recommendation, like Health 120, comes with a review by college faculty that your college can go by; the decision is still the college's.

Alison lists 1.5-3 hours for its Introduction to Medical Terminology. Health 120 goes much further: its syllabus lists 22 chapters and 76 instructional hours, from word parts to the terms for every body system and imaging. It is self-paced, so you finish as fast or as slow as you want.

Medical Terminology (Health 120) is a self-paced online course that teaches how medical terms are built and used, from word parts and body planes to the terms for each body system and diagnostic exams.

NCCRS recommends 3 semester hours, lower division, in Healthcare Management among other subjects.

Its NCCRS recommendation lists Healthcare Management, Hospital Administration, Human Services, Medical Terminology/Coding, Biology, or Medical Technician. Your college decides which requirement it fills.

Its syllabus lists no prerequisite, so you can start it today.

100 multiple-choice questions, counting for 25% of the grade.

The syllabus lists Cohen, Barbara Janson. Medical Terminology: An Illustrated Guide. 9th ed., Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc, ISBN 9781975136376 (optional), with other references.

No: it is not on the ACE list. It has an NCCRS recommendation for 3 semester hours in Healthcare Management. Not being on the ACE list never means not recommended for credit.

Anatomy and Physiology I. In the “Before a health program” order on the Health courses page, it follows Medical Terminology. Your program may set its own order.

As soon as your dashboard shows Medical Terminology at 100%. The last assignment takes about 48 hours to be checked, so leave about two days after you submit it, then request the transcript.

Yes. Medical Terminology is a separate course: enroll in it alone, study it online at your own pace, and send its transcript to your college.

ACE and NCCRS have over 2,100 cooperating colleges that will consider accepting credits; the final decision is with the universities. Health 120 is NCCRS only, with no ACE recommendation. Search your school in Find My College and ask your registrar which course it would count as. For the registrar: Medical Terminology's NCCRS recommendation lists Healthcare Management.